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### Question: What are the costs of dabigatran and warfarin?
### Response: The annual cost of therapy with Dabigatran are estimated to be $2,884 per patient.
The cost of Warfarin is approximately $0.30 per day, $109.5 per year.
(http://www.pharmacychecker.com/Pricing.asp?DrugName=Warfarin&DrugId=19462&DrugStrengthId=31721)
There is a cost associated with INR monitoring of Warfarin of $2,134 per year in the first year (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/8/6/) which drops to $1,170 in the second year once the patient is at a more stable level of anticoagulation. Let’s assume an average cost of $1,652 per year. The cost of Warfarin and its monitoring is therefore $1,761 per year.
Thus, the incremental drug acquisition and monitoring costs of DabigatranDabigatran over Warfarin would be $2,884 - $1,761 per year or $1,123 per year.